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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 • CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS

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DATE OPPONENT TIME SITE

9/ 4 ANACOSTIA 7 p.m. A 9/10 BOONSBORO 7 p.m. A 9/17 MOUNTAIN RIDGE 7 p.m. A 9/24 AL. GALLATIN, PA. 7 p.m. A10/01 SMITHSBURG 7 p.m. H10/09 SOUTHERN 2 p.m. H10/15 KEYSER 7 p.m. H10/22 NORTHERN 7 p.m. A10/30 FORT HILL 12:30 p.m. H

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NORTHERN W 21-14MOUNTAIN RIDGE L 14-28@ Fort Hill L 12-27@ Mountain Ridge L 10-13

Total Points 57-82

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@ Lackey L 7-21BOONSBORO L 27-28MOUNTAIN RIDGE L 14-37AL. GALLATIN, PA. W 49-28SMITHSBURG W 32-18@ Silver Oak L 28-54@ Keyser L 0-49@ Northern L 14-21@ Fort Hill L 14-38

Total Points 185-294

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CUMBERLAND — Just like any other team, Allegany football has had its fair share of bumps and bruises over the years. But few hits stung as hard as the ones that have been dealt to the Campers and everyone else across the region a year ago.

Pandemic football has become a way of life, but head coach Bryan Hansel and the Allegany Campers have been hard at work to make sure his team is as prepared as possible for the upcoming season.

Although regular season action has yet to begin, the Campers were already dealt a blow after it was announced that Silver Oak Acade-my — Allegany’s Week 1 opponent — wouldn’t field a team this season.

Fortunately, Allegany has since found an opponent to open the sea-son the same week as the other area Maryland schools. Hansel hopes it’s the biggest speed bump his squad faces this season.

“It was hard,” Hansel said of coach-ing through the pandemic. “You get in the rhythm, in the summer we were good, then they shut us down in July. Then we actually get to start a short-ened season. We beat Northern, then had Fort Hill coming, then everything got shut down again.

“It was hard for the kids. Coach-es, we’re adults, we’ve dealt with dis-appointment, but kids aren’t used to that. Telling them the season was over, you could see that kind of col-lapsed look in their faces.”

There were some positives that came to the Campers through the shortened season, specifically during its two-game spring schedule.

In three games during the spring season — Brody Williams didn’t play in Allegany’s lone fall game, a 21-14 win against Northern — he complet-ed 13 of 34 passes for 176 yards with two touchdowns and two intercep-

For Allegany, COVID delay was tough and beneficialCampers ‘modernizing’ Wing-T, plan to open it up with Williams

“ It was hard for the kids. Coaches, we’re

adults, we’ve dealt with disappointment, but kids

aren’t used to that. Telling them the season was over, you could see that kind of collapsed look in their faces. ”

Bryan Hansel, Allegany head coach

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Allegany quarterback Brody Williams rolls out looking to pass during the Campers’ first game of the spring season against Mountain Ridge at Greenway Avenue Sta-dium.

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No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Cl. 2 Cayden Bratton RB/DB 5-11 175 11 3 Blake Powell K/P 5- 8 170 10 4 Brody Williams QB/DB 6- 0 160 10 5 Clay Brode H/LB 5-10 200 1111 Jacob Salonish WR/DB 5- 9 170 1018 Brett Patterson RB/LB 5-11 205 1020 Keiden Fazenbaker WR/DB 5- 9 170 1122 Brayden Hedrick RB/LB 5-10 160 1223 Solomon Green WR/DB 6- 0 160 1225 Trevor Milburn RB/DB 5-10 155 1232 Braylon White RB/LB 5-11 200 1240 Zach Michael H/LB 6- 2 200 1054 Logan King DL/DL 5-11 225 1255 Nathan Snyder OL/DL 5- 8 175 1157 Mason Smith OL/DL 5-10 180 1159 Phillip Harris OL/DL 5- 5 160 1261 Alex Kennell OL/DL 6- 1 240 1163 Angelo Destefano OL/DL 6- 0 260 1269 Brendan Hogamier OL/DL 6- 1 240 1173 Andrew Highland OL/DL 6- 1 235 1074 Connor Sevinsky OL/DL 6- 1 235 12

Junior VarsityNo. Name Cl. 2 David Smith 10 3 Alijah Dice 9 4 Keith Ruby 9 5 Kain Sweitzer 910 Caden Long 1017 Cane Green 920 Gabe Browning 1025 Landen Kifer 1044 Jackson Resh 950 Johnathan Webb 1051 Kenny Whiteman 954 Devin Kasecamp 1055 Caden Kiper 957 Colin Martin 958 Trenton Hite 1061 Logan Wright 1063 Nathaniel Younger 1070 Blaze Rotruck 1071 Jacob Frayley 1074 Ashton Sharon 977 Thomas Schneider 980 Payton Kelly 988 Dante Destefano 10

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tions.“I think he gave us the ability to

throw the football,” Hansel said of Wil-liams’ trio of games, the latter of which was cut short due to injury in the sec-ond meeting with Mountain Ridge. “He has a great arm. He has that gunslinger mentality. I think he really stepped up.

“The best thing about him is he’s going to go out and give you everything he’s got. He actually wanted to stay in that Mountain Ridge game. He wants to compete. You like to have a kid like that as we progress our offense moving for-ward.”

In Williams’ varsity debut — as a freshman — he completed 6 of 15 pass-es for 81 yards and a touchdown, giving the Allegany faithful a look at what was to come in what Hansel calls a modern-ized version of the Wing-T.

“Another good thing that came from the COVID season was all the Zoom meetings that opened up with high school coaches from Texas and Flori-da and California and what have you,” Hansel said. “We did a lot of research. We are modernizing — is the best way to say it — the Wing-T. You’ll see the Pistol probably 99% of the time. We like Brody and our guys on the edge, so it’s just about getting the ball in their hands in space. Offensively, we ran it a lit-tle last year and weren’t good at it, but we’ve worked on it and I think we’re all on the same page.”

In 2021, Williams (6-foot-0, 160 pounds) will lead the Camper offense under center as a sophomore. Williams split some time under center with Trev-an Powell during the pandemic season, but the dual-threat Powell has since graduated, giving Williams the keys to the car.

“It makes you feel a little at ease,” Hansel said of having a good option at quarterback. “We had Trevan before, he’s a great option QB, but teams load-ed the box. Teams will have to respect Brody. We hope to keep defenses in check.”

Although he’ll start at left halfback, Brayden Hedrick (5-10, 160, Sr.) will serve as the team’s backup QB.

At the other halfback spot will be Trevor Milburn (5-10, 155, Sr.), with Braylon White (5-11, 200, Sr.) joining them in the backfield at fullback to form one of the most potent running combi-

nations in the area.“He’s our leader,”

Hansel said of White. “I think he’s in the best shape of his life currently. He’s got a burst to him. He’s kind of our emotional guy. He’ll head the offense and our defense. We look to him for stabili-ty.

“He’s just a kid that is so dedicated to the program and has real-ly made strides. We’re lucky to have him. I think he’s one of the better kids in the area.”

White is the return-ing leading rusher from last year’s team, with 45 carries for 174 yards in four games. Milburn tacked on 29 attempts for 151 yards and also had a 40-yard touchdown catch in the first meeting with Mountain Ridge.

“This is Trevor’s third year starting on varsity,” Hansel said. “He’s quick,

explosive.”Although Hedrick

didn’t touch the ball much last season — he had one carry — Hansel expects him to play a key role in the offense in place of Powell.

“Brayden comes in at halfback. He’s another kid who made COVID good for him. He’s put on mus-cle and weight. He’s always had the speed, but he’s more vocal and he’s got the leadership quality that we like. We think we can have a real balance with those three guys in the backfield.”

Cayden Bratton (5-11, 175, Jr.) will be first in the game as a backup option in the backfield, Hansel said.

“I think he’s just a gamer,” he said. “He’s a three-sport kid. He thrived in that freshman situation and all the way up through middle school. He’s not a significant drop of any kind if anyone comes off the field. He probably starts in a normal year for us. We don’t feel like we have to hide him when he goes on the field or anything.”

At the Campers’ H position, other-wise known as tight end, Clay Brode (5-10, 200, Jr.) will start with Zach Michael (6-2, 200, So.) backing him up.

“Clay’s tough. He’s a hard-nosed foot-ball player,” Hansel said. “He’s worked really hard to be physical and get in shape.

“Zach’s a kid who’s 6’2, 210 as a soph-omore, so he’s not done growing. I think he has a chance to be really special bar-ring injuries. We’re trying to limit him both ways as a sophomore because that can be difficult, but I think they both help our offense in different ways.”

At split end will be Solomon Green (6-0, 160, Sr.), a player who has been so involved in the Camper program over the years.

“It’s like an old school Duke basket-ball player that you want to leave. He’s like J.J. Reddick,” Hansel joked.

Hansel is more than happy to have Green on the perimeter, with his final performance last season being a big one, with three catches for 84 yards in a 13-10 loss to Mountain Ridge.

“He’s a fast kid, he’s explosive,” Han-

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“ It makes you feel a little at ease. We had

Trevan (Powell) before, he’s a great option QB,

but teams loaded the box. Teams will have to respect Brody. We hope to keep

defenses in check. ” Bryan Hansel,

Allegany head coach


Allegany running back Trevor Milburn (25) runs to the outside at Mountain Ridge during last spring’s game at Miner Stadium.

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Bryan Hansel enters his sixth sea-son as Allegany head coach, having led the Campers to a 26-20 overall record. Hansel was named interim head coach on June 7, 2016, a day after his former head coach, Tom Preaskorn, resigned. Hansel was given the position full-time on Jan. 20, 2017.

The 2005 Cumberland Times-News Area Player of the Year, Hansel gradu-ated from Allegany in 2006 after help-ing the Campers win the 2005 Maryland Class 1A state championship with a 14-0 record. He starred at tight end and linebacker, then continued his football career for four years at Shepherd Uni-versity.

Hansel, a member of Preaskorn’s coaching staff for four seasons, said on the day of his appointment by Allega-ny County Public Schools, “I think it’s an honor. I feel very privileged. This has been a dream of mine since I start-ed coaching. I feel lucky to coach at a school that has the great tradition that Allegany has. I feel very lucky right now.”

As an assitant coach, Hansel coached

the varsity tight ends and linebackers.Hansel is the 14th head coach in

school history.

Head coach Bryan Hansel

Campers’ Coaching HistoryCoach Yrs W-L-T Pct.

Jack Gilmore 12 102-34-0 .750Tom preaskorn 11 86-41-0 .677edward Schwarz 13 79-45-6 .637James Refosco 8 76-11-0 .874Walter L. bowers 11 59-33-9 .641Herman ball 7 54-13-1 .806Tim Kane 5 40-16-0 .714George Stimmel 6 40-19-0 .678Robert pence 6 34-21-5 .618BRYAN HANSEL 5 26-20-0 .650Roy Lester 4 23-10-3 .697Tim Foley 1 13-1-0 .929bert Herbert 2 12-7-1 .632Dave merrill 2 12-8-0 .600Chester payne 2 7-11-1 .389

TOTALS 95 663-290-26 .677


Allegany head coach Bryan Hansel argues a call with the official during the Campers’ second spring game at Mountain Ridge.



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Troy CubbageAssistant coach

Season: 8thFormer Camper

player Troy Cubbage returns for his eighth season on the Allega-ny coaching staff. A member of the 1988 state championship team, Cubbage will serve as co-defen-sive coordinator, head coach of the junior varsity team and work with the offen-sive and defensive lines with the varsi-ty team.

Chris AtkinsonAssistant coach

Season: 6thFormer Camp-

er Chris Atkinson, a member of a state championship Allega-ny team, returns for his sixth year on the staff. He will serve as offensive coordinator for Bryan Hansel and coach the offensive line.

Dylan ShockeyAssistant coach

Season: 4thFormer Camper

Dylan Shockey begins his fourth season with the Campers’ coach staff and will serve as co-defensive coordi-nator with Cubbage, while also coaching linebackers and run-ning backs. A 2014 Allegany graduate, Shockey played fullback and linebacker for the Campers and earned an All-Ar-ea honor at linebacker.

T.J. PowellAssistant coach

Season: 3rdPowell returns for

his third season on the Allegany coach-ing staff. An All-State linebacker and Area Defensive Player of the Year for Fort Hill in 1998, Powell will coach varsity and JV special teams.

Aaron KlineAssistant coach

Season: 1stAaron Kline makes his debut on the Allegany coach-

ing staff, where he’ll coach offensive and defensive lines with the varsity squad.

Jake VanMeterAssistant coach

Season: 2ndJake VanMeter returns for his second season with

the Campers, where he’ll serve as junior varsity offen-sive coordinator and defensive backs coach.

John VanMeterAssistant coach

Season: 2ndJohn VanMeter returns to the Allegany coaching

staff for a second season, as he will serve as offensive and defensive line coach with the JV team.

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sel said. “The thing is with him he’s so fast off the O-line. We want him to touch the ball as much as possible. He’s a real home-run hitter for us.”

Also expected to see action at the skill positions on offense are Brett Pat-terson (5-11, 205, So.) out of the back-field, Jacob Salonish (5-9, 170, So.) and Keiden Fazenbaker (5-9, 170, Jr.) at wideout.

The offensive line is the big question mark with only one starter returning along the line — two if you include Con-nor Sevinsky, who started the Fort Hill game in the spring.

Alex Kennell (6-1, 240, Jr.) is the lone returning starter, and he will play cen-ter.

Sevinsky (6-1, 235, Sr.) and Brendan Hogamier (6-1, 240, Jr.) will play left and right guard, respectively.

Angelo Destefano (6-0, 260, Sr.) will protect Williams’ blind side at left tack-le, while Logan King (5-11, 225, Sr.) will play right tackle.

Andrew Highland (6-1, 235, So.) will also see significant time along the O-line.

“I think that’s our work in process,” Hansel said. “We’ve adjusted some of our Wing-T stuff. The better they get as we move forward, the better our O-line can be. Alex and Connor are really spe-cial kids. Connor’s in great shape and he can play anywhere on the O-line. As they get better, that’ll really help us improve.

“I think some of these young kids will really come on as the season goes on. I think we have a good group of kids that will improve mindset-wise.”

Also listed on the depth chart at offensive line are Nathan Snyder (5-8, 175, Jr.), Mason Smith (5-10, 180, Jr.) and Phillip Harris (5-5, 160, Sr.).

Overall, Hansel is happy with the way his offense has progressed throughout the preseason.

“What stands out to us as coaches is the football intelligence,” he said. “With this offense, we have ideas, then we have kids like Braylon and Trevor, and Brayden Hedrick, they’ll say ‘well, that doesn’t work because of this.’ So we’re

comfortable adjusting. Hearing the kids talk and work with us. It was a big thing this offseason.”

While the offense sees some notice-able changes, the Campers will stick with their 4-4 and 6-2 defenses, with some slight adjustments along the way.

On the defensive line, Sevinsky and Patterson will start at defensive end, and Kennell and Destefano will line up in the middle at defensive tackle. Han-sel expects Hogamier and Highland to rotate in on the line as well.

King, Snyder, Smith and Harris are also listed as defensive linemen.

White and Michael will line up at inside linebacker, with Patterson back-ing them up, while Hedrick and Brode play outside linebacker.

“Our D-linemen really pursue the ball, especially from the weak side,” said Hansel. “That front eight, they rally and move for us. We talked all the time about our defensive line: Secure and maintain, then the linebackers can go get the ball. The way they get to the football at all costs is really incredible.”

In the secondary, Bratton and Green start on the outside at cornerback, with Salonish backing them up, and Milburn will play safety with Williams as his backup.

“That secondary, Sully leads us,” Hansel said, referring to Green. “He’s a great corner. Has all the tools — speed, he’s long — he plays basketball so I think that helps. Bratton, he plays bas-ketball too, so I think it helps.

“In the pass game, we feel pret-ty good. The corners are never in the limelight with all the running of the football around here. We just want them to stay disciplined and have the ability to make plays.”

Blake Powell (5-8, 170, So.) returns as the Campers’ do-it-all specialist in the special teams game, handling field goals, PATs, punting and kickoffs.

“It takes away a lot of stress and sleepless nights, worrying about who’s kicking,” Hansel said. “As a freshman, he stepped in and kicked that tying field goal against Mountain Ridge. It’s some-thing he prides himself in.”

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Allegany defensive back Solomon Green returns an interception at Mountain Ridge last spring. Green is the leader in the Campers’ secondary.

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Front row, left to right, Phillip Harris (59), Braylon White (32) and Solomon Green (23). Back row, left to right, Angelo Destefano (63), Logan King (54), Connor Sevinsky (74), Brayden Hed-rick (22) and Trevor Milburn (25).

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Each of the past two seasons, Allegany has had to call up its junior varsity squad due to injuries, which Hansel hopes pre-pared them to hit the ground running as starters in 2021.

“With some of those ninth graders, they got thrown in the limelight,” He said of two seasons ago, when they lost numer-ous players, some with season-ending injuries, in a win over Albert Gallatin. “We threw them in on special teams. This season … we’re expecting growing pains with the lights coming on Fridays and whatnot, but we expect them to be ready.

“We’ve got six or seven sophomores, it’s just kind of making sure they understand the difference, even from the JV team, fix-ing the things they do. We’re trying to limit two-way starters. The conditioning is huge for us. We’ve said it’d be nice if it was like Madden and you could turn injuries off.”

Those wanting to see the Campers at home will have to wait another month, as Allegany opens the season with four straight road games.

After this Saturday’s home game against Silver Oak Academy was can-celed, the Campers were scrambling to

find a Week 1 opponent.As of Sunday night, it was looking as

though they would be without a game this week. But, on Monday, Allegany struck a deal to travel to D.C. on Friday to take on Anacostia.

Allegany will then travel to Boonsboro, Mountain Ridge and Albert Gallatin in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

The Campers close the regular season with four of five at Greenway Avenue Sta-dium, facing Smithsburg in their home opener on Oct. 1 before hosting Southern and Keyser, traveling to Northern and then hosting Fort Hill in the Homecoming Game.

“It’s a heavy 1A schedule, which is nice, and we keep Keyser, which is always a great team,” said Hansel. “We can kind of know who we are in those first three games. Boonsboro, then Mountain Ridge and Albert Gallatin — Mountain Ridge with Bryce Snyder, we know it’ll be a good one. I think we’ll kind of see what we have in those first three games. Overall, I like our schedule. I think it’s nice to stay 1A and nice to stay local.”

Kyle Bennett is a sports reporter for the Cumber-land Times-News. Follow him on Twitter @KyleBen-nettCTN.

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